Wednesday January 6, 2010

Interactive Dashboards - Your KPI Pulse

Key Performance Indicators, also known as KPI or Key Success Indicators (KSI), help an organization define and measure progress toward organizational goals.  A visual way of measuring your company's health is through a dashboard that rolls up important information.

In this month's Appisode on Dashboards, we show you how dashboards inform Stine Lumber, High Power, and Venyu customers to help in shaping their business decisions.

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We made a HUGE mistake this year

Disclaimer:  The following confession is true.  No names were hidden to protect the guilty.

We tried out an outsourced programming team. Since we were growing very fast, we were lured into thinking that a round-the-clock arrangement would help us service more projects by employing a 9-man programming team across the globe.  Overseas labor sounds great, but only if you are Kathy-Lee Gifford printing up T-shirts in a sweatshop for your own clothing line.  We learned that we should never allow something as important as a company's information, reputation, processes, client list, intellectual property, or software leave the safety and comfort of its boundaries.  We also learned that our Louisiana-grown developers and analysts are ten times (not exaggerating!) more effective at productivity, accuracy, communication, and making our clients look good.  Give Calvin a call directly at (225) 910-8250 for more juicy details.

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Is your IT department Understaffed?

A recent survey of 1400 CIOs revealed that over 40% said their organization’s IT department was understaffed, with 10% saying it was “very understaffed.” There are, of course, many contributing factors, but often it’s due to a lack of the right kind of talent available to fill the needs. There may be insufficient work and resources to justify the time and expense to hire a full-time employee. High Power can help your IT department get your software project done right, on time, and on budget, without the hassle and risks associated with bringing on new employees.

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Honeymoon Period for Resolutions

Statistics show that 40-45% of adults set goals or "resolutions" for the New Year. While most have great intentions of actually seeing it through the whole year, only 46% make it past six months! Will your 2010 Business Goals follow suit? Will only 46% of your goals survive the first six months of the New Year? Your Business Goals for 2010 are attainable and should survive to become 2011 realities.

Have you set a goal to educate and service your clients through a Periodic Newsletter like this one?.   Have you set a goal to get your website noticed with Search Engine Optimization? How about a goal to get organized in the way you manage your internal/external documents with Document Management?  Call us about FileNet or other document management strategies.
 

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